Guide to the Nathanial Hawthorne Society Records, 1974- undated
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Records, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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The Nathaniel Hawthorne Society was established in 1974 at the Modern Language Association convention and held its first symposium at Bowdoin College in the fall of 1976. The Society is dedicated to the study of the life and works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and publishes a refereed journal, the Nathaniel Hawthorne Review. Meetings are held twice yearly at the Modern Language Association (MLA) annual convention and the American Literature Association (ALA) annual conference; the Society's biennial meeting is held at locations important to Hawthorne's life and work.
Correspondence, minutes, agenda, memos, financial statements and other records of Nathaniel Hawthorne Society officers including Rosemary Fisk, Joseph Flibbert, Rita K. Gollin, T. Walter Herbert, John L. Idol, Jr., David Kesterson, Millicent Bell, and Robert Martin. The records relate to the organization and activities of the Society, particularly its annual and biennial meetings, and journal; meeting records also include audio recordings and submissions of papers from Hawthorne scholars. Other correspondents include Gloria Erlich, Arthur Monke, Lea Newman, and Arlin Turner. The collection also includes images, chiefly copy prints of photographs of Hawthorne, his family and related locales that were donated to the Society by Raymond E. Hull, documents pertaining to Neal Smith's work as managing editor of the centenary edition, The Letters/Nathaniel Hawthorne (Ohio State University Press, c1984-c1987), and material for the project "Prophetic Pictures."
Correspondence, the bulk by Nathaniel Hawthorne Society officers concerning meetings, newsletters, and the organization of the Society. The name of the chief correspondent is noted on each folder.
Arranged chronologically.
1974, Kesterson
1974-1976, Kesterson
1974-1981, Kesterson (Arthur Monke is frequent correspondent)
1974-1976, Kesterson
1977-1978, Frazer
1977-1979, Kesterson
1979-1980, Turner
1980-2002, n.d., Kesterson
1981-1982, Gollin
1983-1984, Flibbert
1985-1986, Idol
1987-1988, Idol
1989-1990, Newman
1991-1992, Newman
1993-1994, Person
1995-1996, Herbert
1997-1998, Martin
1999-2000, Martin
2001-2002, Bell
2003-2004, Herbert
2005-2006, Fisk
Agendas, memos, financial records, paper submissions, audio recordings, minutes, and other material related to Nathaniel Hawthorne Society meetings, and newsletters.
Arranged chronologically.
1974-1980, cassette tapes of Hawthorne Society meetings
1974-1980, index cards with member names and addresses
1974, founding conference, New York, NY
1975, second annual meeting, San Francisco, CA
1976, Hawthorne conference, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
1976, MLA, New York, NY
1977, Salem Conference, Salem, MA
1977, MLA, Chicago, IL
1978, MLA, New York, NY
1979, MLA, San Francisco, CA
1980, Concord Conference, Concord, MA
1980, Concord Conference, Concord, MA
1980, Concord Conference - paper submissions
1980, MLA, Houston, TX
1980, MLA, Houston, TX
1980, MLA, Houston - paper submissions
1981, MLA, New York - paper submissions
1981, MLA, New York - snapshots
1982-1986, cassette tapes of Hawthorne Society meetings
1982, Hawthorne-Melville Conference, Pittsfield, MA
1982, Hawthorne-Melville Conference - paper submissions
1982, MLA, Los Angeles, CA
1982, MLA, Los Angeles, CA
1982, MLA, Los Angeles - paper submissions
1983, MLA, New York, NY
1983, MLA, New York, NY
1984, Boston Conference, Boston, MA
1984, MLA, Washington, DC
1984, MLA, Washington, DC - paper submissions
1985, MLA, Chicago, IL - paper submissions
1988, Cambridge-Salem Conference, MA
1988, Cambridge-Salem Conference, MA
1988, Cambridge-Salem Conference - paper submissions
1989, ALA, San Diego, CA
1989, MLA, Washington, DC
1990, North Adams State College Conference, North Adams, MA
1990, North Adams State College Conference, North Adams, MA
1990, North Adams State College Conference - paper submissions
1990, MLA, Chicago, IL
1994, Concord Academy Conference, Concord, MA
1994, MLA, San Diego, CA
1996, MLA, Washington, DC
1996, NHS, Concord and Salem, MA
1996, Concord-Salem Conference - paper submissions
1998, MLA, San Francisco, CA - paper submissions
1998, Nathaniel Hawthorne Society meeting in Rome, Italy
2000, Suffolk University Conference, Boston, MA
2002, Smith College Conference, Northampton, MA
2004, Bicentennial Conference, Salem, MA
2004, MLA material
2006, ALA material
2006, Transatlanticism in American Literature: Emerson, Hawthorne, and Poe, Oxford, England
2008 Jun, Nathaniel Hawthorne Society summer meeting, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2008, MLA material
2009, ALA and MLA meetings
2010, ALA material
2010 Jun, Nathaniel Hawthorne Society summer meeting, Concord, MA
2011, MLA material
2012, MLA material
2012 Jun, Nathaniel Hawthorne Society summer meeting, Florence, Italy
2013, ALA and MLA material
2014, ALA and MLA material
2014 Jun, Nathaniel Hawthorne Society summer meeting, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA
2016 Jun, Nathaniel Hawthorne Society summer meeting, The Stoweflake Inn, Stowe, VT
Meeting Minutes, Lists of Officers, and Miscellaneous Administrative Material: 1986-2000
Meeting Minutes, Lists of Officers, and Miscellaneous Administrative Material: 2001-2005
Meeting Minutes, Lists of Officers, and Miscellaneous Administrative Material: 2006-2012
Meeting Minutes, Lists of Officers, and Miscellaneous Administrative Material: 2013-
Newsletters: 1975-1981
Bylaws and information on the founding of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, as well as form letters, stationery, and other miscellaneous material. Also included are images used in or considered for Nathaniel Hawthorne: the English Experience, 1853-1864, by Raymond E. Hull, L. Neal Smith's editorial material for The Letters/Nathaniel Hawthorne, and material for the project "Prophetic Pictures."
Arranged alphabetically.
Bylaws and information on the founding of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, 1974-1988, 1993, 2001-2002, 2010, 2014, 2016 n.d.
Census of Hawthorne courses - spring newsletter, 1978
Census of Hawthorne courses - spring newsletter, 1979
Disks - computer and floppy, 1988, n.d.
Ephemera - manuscript, 1985, n.d.
Ephemera - printed, 1985- , n.d.
Images used in Nathaniel Hawthorne: the English Experience, 1853-1864
Image (oversize) used in Nathaniel Hawthorne: the English Experience, 1853-1864
Images not used in Nathaniel Hawthorne: the English Experience, 1853-1864
Images (oversize) not used in Nathaniel Hawthorne: the English Experience, 1853-1864
Information sheets, form letters, and stationery, n.d.
Interview, WCHL - John Idol and Brenda Wineapple (CD), 2003 Dec 11
NHS Hawthorne Calendar, 1977-1979
Project - Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, NEH Grant, 1977
Project - Neal Smith's editorial materials for The Letters/Nathaniel Hawthorne, c1984-c1987
Project - "Prophetic Pictures," 1975-1982, n.d.
Resumes, n.d.
Snapshot - unidentified, n.d.
"Two hundredth birthday letters," - comments and greetings solicited by John Idol from writers for Hawthorne's bicentennial celebration, 2003, 2004
John L. Idol, Jr.'s files, chiefly from his tenure as editor of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society newsletter (1983-1985) and editor of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Review (1986-1992). The Society's newsletter was rechristened the Nathaniel Hawthorne Review in 1986 to more accurately describe its content. The Review, published twice a year, features articles and notes, letters to the editor, a current bibliography, book reviews, abstracts of papers presented at Society meetings, and news of the Society and its members. Also included in this series are records relating to Idol's roles as president of the Society (1985-1986) and Charter member ex officio.
Arranged chronologically by year.
1975-1982
1982-1994, n.d., Nathaniel Hawthorne Society of Japan material
1983-1995
n.d. (undated)